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...composed a school-exercise, upon the completion of the second centenary of their foundation. " The verses," he says, " were much admired, far more than...mind. Two years later Wordsworth wrote a long poem on his own adventures and the surrounding scenery, which we may conclude was of no other value than to...

...composed a school-exercise, upon the completion of the second centenary of their foundation. ' The verses,' he says, ' were much admired, far more than...mind. Two years later Wordsworth wrote a long poem on his own adventures and the surrounding scenery, which we may conclude was of no other value than to...

...school by Archbishop Sandys, is preserved; of which, though the poet himself speaks slightingly, as a tame imitation of Pope's versification, and a little in his style, it is not too much to say that very few boys of that age could have possibly written them. His father...

...of the second centenary from the foundation of the school in J5S5 by Archbishop Sandys. These verses were much admired — far more than they deserved,...Pope's versification, and a little in his style." The real education of the boy — the liberation of his imagination and the unfolding of his spiritual...

...adventures, and the scenery of the country in which I was brought up." These verses, he adds, were admired far more than they deserved, "for they were but a tame imitation of Pope,s versification, and a little in his style." The days he spent at school here, he says, were amongst...

...of the second centenary from the foundation of the school in 1585 by Archbishop Sandys. These verses were much admired, far more than they deserved, for...of Pope's versification, and a little in his style. This exercise, however, put it into my head to compose verses from the impulse of my own mind, and...